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Merck & Co., a global pharmaceutical company, and the Central Intelligence Agency join the CareeerJournal database.

USAJOBS unveils new website improvements, including a job search email agent. A job seeker can create up to five job search agents to receive a daily, weekly, or monthly notice of matching job opportunities as they are posted to the website.

Peopleclick, a provider of workforce acquisition technology, forms a strategic partnership with Allegis Group Services, a global provider of contract services and solutions. Allegis Group uses its SpringBoard workforce management solution to combine Peopleclick's best-in-class technology with the company's own staffing expertise to improve and simplify human capital acquisition and management.

Help-Wanted Index
The Conference Board Help-Wanted Advertising Index increased one point in May. The index now stands at 39, up from 38 the previous month. It was 36 one year ago. In the last 3 months, help-wanted advertising declined in five of the nine U.S. regions. The steepest decline occurred in the East South Central (-14.5%) region, followed by slight declines in four other regions, including the West South Central (-4.8%) East North Central (-3.3%), West North Central (-1.6%) and Mountain (-0.6%) regions. Help-wanted advertising increased moderately in four regions, including the South Atlantic (2.5%), New England (1.6%), Pacific (0.6%) and Middle Atlantic (0.6%) regions.

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